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When activist groups debate incremental progress versus transformative change

Our activist group is split on whether to support a compromise policy that would create modest improvements for many people or hold out for the ideal solution that might never pass. Some of us think incremental progress is selling out, others think perfectionism hurts the people we claim to serve.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Groups committed to justice often fracture over whether compromise serves or betrays utilitarian goals.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Utilitarian justice — greatest good?”

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